Texas county ordered to return some banned books to library
Eight books dealing with subjects including racism and transgender issues must be returned to library shelves in a rural Texas county that had removed them in an ongoing book banning controversy, a...
View ArticleClass-action lawsuit against NFL by ‘Sunday Ticket’ subscribers begins
A class-action lawsuit filed by “Sunday Ticket” subscribers claiming the NFL broke antitrust laws got underway in federal court Thursday with the league's attorney telling jurors that fans have a...
View ArticleLaw firm merger creates large construction practice
The June 6 merger of McCarthy, Leonard & Kaemmerer in Chesterfield and the Miller Law Firm in Kansas City creates a firm with 30 lawyers in commercial litigation, management labor and employment...
View ArticleSupreme Court will take up Meta’s bid to end lawsuit over privacy scandal
The Supreme Court said Monday it will consider shutting down a multibillion-dollar class action investors' lawsuit against Facebook parent Meta stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge...
View ArticleA real nut case: Cold Stone Creamery faces suit over lack of pistachios in...
A federal judge in New York has given the go-ahead to a New York woman’s class action lawsuit which claims consumers are being duped by Cold Stone Creamery when they purchase certain flavors that “do...
View ArticleJury sides with healthcare network in medical malpractice, wrongful death suit
A southwest Missouri jury has sided with a prominent Joplin healthcare network and one of its radiologists in a medical malpractice and wrongful death lawsuit brought by the parents of a 17-year-old...
View ArticleCondemned Missouri inmate is ‘accepting his fate,’ his spiritual adviser says
With his execution drawing near, Missouri inmate David Hosier is “accepting his fate,” his spiritual adviser said Tuesday hours before Hosier, 69, is scheduled to be put to death. The post Condemned...
View ArticleJury finds Chiquita Brands liable for Colombia deaths, must pay $38.3M to...
Banana giant Chiquita Brands must pay $38.3 million to 16 family members of people killed during Colombia's long civil war by a violent right-wing paramilitary group funded by the company, a federal...
View ArticleICON Honors 2024: Scott Seitter
When President Ronald Reagan eliminated real estate tax shelters in 1986, attorney Scott Seitter saw an opportunity. The post ICON Honors 2024: Scott Seitter first appeared on Missouri Lawyers Media.
View ArticleICON Honors 2024: Mark P. Johnson
One word Mark Johnson might use to summarize his career is “progression.” The post ICON Honors 2024: Mark P. Johnson first appeared on Missouri Lawyers Media.
View ArticleICON Honors 2024: Stephen Meyerkord
The evidence of the role Stephen Meyerkord plays in his field and the immense respect it has earned him from colleagues is obvious. The post ICON Honors 2024: Stephen Meyerkord first appeared on...
View ArticleICON Honors 2024: Thomas Weaver
After graduating from Duke University with a degree in English, Thomas Weaver taught the subject at a high school in Alleghany County, Va. The post ICON Honors 2024: Thomas Weaver first appeared on...
View ArticleICON Honors 2024: William E. Buckley
Still practicing law at Lashly & Baer at the age of 90, Bill Buckley values the friendships he has forged with his colleagues and says the joy he derives from his practice has kept him active in a...
View ArticleICON Honors 2024 profiles
This annual Missouri Lawyers Media celebration honors career achievement by recognizing lawyers for their exceptional and lengthy contributions to the profession and community — those who personify the...
View ArticleCommentary: Strategies for Avoiding Conflicts of Interest
Conflicts of interest pose a significant ethical challenge for lawyers and, if a client is harmed by a conflict of interest, conflicts can lead to a suit for malpractice or breach of fiduciary duty....
View ArticlePardoned Herschel Young is barred from Cass County ballot, says Supreme Court
Even with a pardon, the Missouri Supreme Court determined that a former Cass County commissioner candidate cannot reverse his disqualification from the county’s Aug. 6 primary ballot due to his 1995...
View ArticleMissouri executes man convicted of killing former lover and her husband
A man convicted of killing his former lover and her husband in what prosecutors described as a fit of rage was executed Tuesday evening in Missouri. The post Missouri executes man convicted of killing...
View ArticleSupreme Court has a lot of work to do and little time to do it
The Supreme Court is headed into its final few weeks with nearly half of the cases heard this year still undecided, including ones that could reshape the law on everything from guns to abortion to...
View ArticleDon Schlapprizzi, Schlapprizzi Attorneys at Law
Don Schlapprizzi founded the law firm that bears his name (and that now includes his children, Craig and Antoinette) in 1981. The post Don Schlapprizzi, Schlapprizzi Attorneys at Law first appeared on...
View ArticleJohn G. Simon, The Simon Law Firm
Firm founder and member of the Inner Circle of Advocates John Simon has more than 150 million-dollar cases to his name. The post John G. Simon, The Simon Law Firm first appeared on Missouri Lawyers Media.
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